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The Camden Chronicle urn n 111 p? ? mi. Ifi | I ' J. ' ? ? J I. .IM. . U". i ij.il 1 !! ' 1U .! Ill 1 . i. .. ill! ... . ..'...i.1. L! L.1..1 .'i'L'JJ. LL JL1"1. ' ? ?? ' ' '?'??? J.U .ILl'l' J_JL!_L -?UU.JL' ,1.' tll!? VOLUME XXXV. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1924. NUMBER 43 ? ? ? ' . , , ii ? l~l. . 1 Hw RUSSIAN LEADER DEAD. Nikolai Lenine Had Turbulent Career Aa Head of Red Russia. Nikolai Lenine, Russia's bolshevik leader, died suddenly Monday evening at hits country home, in the village of Gorky, 20 miles from Moscow, after an illness extending over quite a long period. Lenine had a short "but . atormy career, - being the main factor in overthrowing the-Kerensky govern ment and turning it over to the bolshe vik rule. Sketch of Life. Nikolai Lenine, lawyer, pamphleteer and finally dictator of all Russia, was the organizer and chief exponent of the movement which became known as Bolshevism, and which he character ized us "tho great experiment; the Dictatorship of the Proletariat." The career of this short, plump, bald-headed little man, who turned Russia topsy turvy and probably as much influenced the other nations of the world as any other man of his century, was ful| of adventure from his boyhood. He was a revolutionist, at school, at the academy, at his uni versity and evor afterward.. ?? ? Lenine's real name was Vladimir lUitch Ulianoff. He was born April 24, 1870, in the town of Simbirsk, of a bourgeois family with a pronounced Tartor strain, reflected in Lenine's / high cheek bones and slightly slanting cynical eyes. His father was respon sible master at a communal school at Simbirsk and was very well known' among the school teachers of his dis trict. Lenine himself attended the high school at Simbirsk, and by a strange coincidence his principal wa? the father of Alexander . Kerensky, whom I/enine afterward overthrew to become Premier of Russia. The spirit of revolution against the czar entered into practically every Russian school in those days, and Le nine, with some of his companions, is said to have smuggled the work*' 3f Karl Marx on socialism into the school and to have read them with all the se* crat fear of discovery that American school boys have of being caught with a dime novel "hidden behind their geo graphies. M. Kerensky re port ed t hat Lenine Was a very studious pupil, in trospective in his thoughts and shy in his relations with his schoolmates. When Lenine was 17 his eldest brother Alexander Ulianoff,. was sentenced to death and hanged for an attempt upon the life of Czar Alexander III, which was organized by a terroristic organ ization of which hc?vas a prominent member. , Lenine himself never was a member of a.i\y terroristic organization, but a desire to avenge his brother's death is said to have ruled^his life. His ac tive revolutionary work began in the early/ '90s, when he entered the Uni-; rersity of Kazan, from which he was expelled one month later for partici pating in a sttident's revolutionary movement. Then he moved to Petro grad, attended the university, and studied for a lawyer's degree. lie spent more time, however, iir revolutionary propaganda among the Petrograd workmen than at his stud ies. Ho tfas arrested, served a long torm of imprisonment, and then was deported to Siberia. He lived for sev eral years a quiet life at Minusinsk, a tiny Siberian village. During this pe riod he wrote several books on politi cal economy, which gave him fume the real exponent of the Marxian theory. While in Siberia he adopted ;?s his pen-name, "Nikolai Lenine", by which he rose to world notoriety. Ho is said to have chosen it because of his deep feeling over the massacre of sev eral hundred miners in the Lena gold tields by czarist troops. On November 6, 1917, Lenine re turned to Petrograd. Trotzky and other leaders of the communist faction of the Petrograd Soviet had paved the way. The tottering provisional gov ernment was powerless to save itself. After 24 hours of almost bloodless skirmishes, during which theaters functioned as usual, while street fight ing went on in the next block, Keren-C *ky had fled; tHb rest of the provis ional govesnment were prisoners; tho city was completely in the hands of the Soviets, and Nikolai Lenine sat * railing in a littlo room at Saolny In stitute, applying his signature to pro clamations announcing the proleta rian revolution in Russia and calling upon the proletarians of the world to unite to assist them. Lenine's principal program at the moment wa?> immediate peace with Germany. With dynamic intolerance of even such important associates as Trotsky, who oppoeed what they -- ?"! '? ?>? a J 11 (U*t?seed or test page.) WILD LIFB SUFFERING. Mild Winter Han Endangered Liven of Normadic Bird* and Animals. ? ?? ??* * " Boston, Jan; n>. Tin- combination of an unusually dry summer and early autumn and an ^usually warm De cember created uncommon and in some cases disastrous conditions for the wild life of New England and eastv ern Canada. Edward Howe Forbush, director of the division of ornithology of the Massachusetts state depart ment of agriculture, in a summary of early winter bird movements in New England, says that the feathered friends of man are facing a .serious food Shortage. "Up to December 28," Mr, Forbush says, "the ground was bare and the weather mild as far north as Ottawa and wild flowers were blooming in northern Vermont. In Southern New England there were reports of snakes crawling, gnats on the wing, swarms of beach flies and strawberries picked for the Christmas dinner. "The summer and fall were so re markably dry that many fruits and seeds failed to develop, and there is a "widespread dearth of food for birds in the north. Ono observer who has travelled hundreds of miles through the forests of northern Quebec says, that he has hardly seen a new cone except on some rpd pines. All through northern New England qnd much of the inhabited part of the eastern provinces of Canada, there are few acorns or nuts and comparatively little wild fruit. "Trappers find skunks scarce in the woofls, but many have\cdi?e into build ings, henhouses and cellars searching for food. In northern Vermont squir rels are gathering and storing wild apples. One farmer found that they had placed the fruit in rows on the high beams of hi^ barn. There was so little rainfall in the breeding season that there was no water in the swamps, and many of the I trout brooks ran dry. Shallow ponds I where ducks were raised. In some lo calities woodcocks and snipe were near starvation, and on account of shortage of berries, etA., ruffled grouse in New Hampshire- fed on . poplar leaves," Wolves are numeronsi in the forests of Ontario and are decoying many deer. "The season haSAbeen so mild that very little has been heard of the Arc tic gulls.. Ducks and geese have re mained in the north longer than usual. Whenever a sudden frost has closed the small ponds,, many ducks and goose, instead of going south, have gone to the open waters along _the .coast of Labrador, the; Gulf of St. Lawrence, the St. Lawrence river and Lake Champlftin, coming back to the ponds again when milder weather melted the ice. The greatest goose migration of the spson came along the Massachusetts coast in Christmas week. <N "Crows left northern New England early, but some have appeared since locally wherever they found a food supply. Starlings remain as far north as northern Vermont and are moving in large flocks, destroying berries that otherwise would provide food for native birds. _ "Chickadees seem, to be the most common and widely^.distributed birds of the month. A few remain as far north as Vilmontel, Quebec, only 160 miles from James Bay. Land birds generally are scarce this winter, as there is not food enough to hold them." -y ? BLANEY WOMAN KILLED., Accidentally Struck By Car Driven By Mr. H. D. Kirkland. Mrs. Amanda McKay, aged about 30 years,' wife of II. F. McKay, who resides near Blaney, in Kershaw coun ty, died at the Camden hospital Friday afternoon as a result of concussion of the brain, caused by being struck by an automobile driven by H. D. Kirk land, also of near Blaney. The acci dent occurred about one o'clock Fri day afternoon on the Camden-Colum bia highway eight miles from Cam den. Coroner Russell held an inquest Friday afternoon and the verdict was that she came to her death by an ac cident. Mrs. McKay was attempting to cross the road aftcgr getting out of another car and did not see Mr. Kirk land's car approachrag. Testimony of witnesses proved- it was purely an accident. Mrs. McKay fB survived by he inquest was as follows; David Wolfe, foreman; C. B. Spradley, D. M. M?l> ton, M,' Billings, JL S. Davidson, J, F. West, P. D. Stokes, B. M. Bsum, J. L. NEWS OF KIRK WOOD SOCI1CTY Happenings of Interest Among. Oar Northern Visitors. 1 A round of juncheons, teas, dinners, card parties and dances have kept Camden's cottage colony on the telert this week. Many visiting guests are being en* tertained and for their arausenfcsnt "Various affairs have been planned. Mrs. Newton Boykin has as guests at hor home the Misses Daisy and Rebekah Miller, of New York. Mrs. A. Dalton . Kennedy is entertaining Mrs. David Baker and her daughter, Mrs. Frank Hinckley, of Providence. Mrs. Stephen Robinson has her sister, Mrs. Gay lord Tucker, of New York. Muss Effle Whitredge has joined her sister, Miss Olive Whitredge, ? . Mrs. W. A. Metts, who is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David K. Williams, of Mulberry, entertained most charmingly on Mon day evening for about forty guests. Mrs. Williams, Miss Ellen Williams and Miss Florence Hearing assisted in receiving, and cards and a buffet supper delightfully served made the ~ S ven i n g pas aTpIeas a n 1 1 y away". A luncheon at her homo for the vis itors was given on Tuesday by Mrs. J. Leonard Graham, and among those present were: Mrs. Newton Boykin, the Misses Miller, Mrs. A".' Dalton Kennedy, Mrs. Frank Hinckley, the Misses Effie and 01i,ve Whitredge, and Mrs. Charles M. Taintor. Thursday evening is perhaps the most popular night for dinners at the Kershaw County Country Club. This week thirty-five guests enjoyed meet ing there. ' The Kirkwood Grill is also a favor ite gathering place and many merry parties are held there each evening. The greatest numbe? in the Grill was the gathering on Saturday when there was such a large contingent in town for the Charlotte-Army Polo match. Several cars full of Charlotte people land many from Columbia motored 'ever for the game. j Among Columbians here for the polo match were: Dr. and Mrs. W, D. Melton, and Mr. and Mrs. Johrr ^eibels who afterwards went to the Stutfroj for tea. From Charlotte -came: Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Johnston, and Messrs. B. D. Heath, A. L. Goode, A. C. Wood, George E. Wil son and George S. Crouch. Mr.r, Gardner W. White, former metropolitan champion, is again at the Kirkwood, and will take an active part in arranging the golfing events during the season. Many golfers are playing both the Kirkwood and Sarsfield courses arid in February there will be a succession of tournaments to continue throug^-. out March. A foursome representing the Tren ton Golf Club, consisting of Messrs. JRobert C. Maxwell, E. F. Hooper, R. -H* Blakeley, and .A. D. Foret, is being played daily over the Kirkwood course. Mr. arid Mrs. Harry Balfe of New York, are at the Kirkwood, and among other guests arriving recently are: Mrs. S. F. Betts and Mrs. Knight, of Syracuse; Dr. and Mrs. T. Benjamin Kopt and Mr. John L. Genledge, of Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs. Franklin W. Fort, of East Orange; Messrs. L. R. T. Bolton. Fred Allen, and W. L. Hard ing, of Boston; and Mr. J. K. McKer non and Mr. F. N. Orvis, of New York. Colonel and Mrs. Frank G. Hdyne, Miss Helen Hoyne and Mrs. Hoyne Anderson have arrived at Hobkirk Inn from Chicago. Also at Hobkirk recent guests in clude: Miss Caroline M. Worthington, of Dedham, 'Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Williams, of Boston; Dr. and Mrs. Noel Bleeker Leggett, of New York; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rantoul, of Boston. , Colonel and Mrs. Charles Clifton and Miss Alice CliftQn have come from Buffalo for their annual visit at the Court Inn, and among other ar rivals are: Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. West, of Boston; Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Pershing of New Hope, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Pierce, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Erben, of Rad nor, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Allen, of I East Orange; The Misses Russell, of Brooklyn: and Mr. H. G. Picksley, of White Plains.. Miss Katherine French has returned from a ten days' visit with friend* in Beaufort, S. C.y to the Court Inn, wlwie she will pass the remainder of ftnifttii ? - ? ? ? - ? ? - Mrs. Arnold Burgess Johnson, of ??* ?ifiHtiiwmrm ?. . __ Mrs. Grimsby Lonff* of Orange, is also j JUDGE DEFENDS KI,AN. Says They Use Only Justifiable MethB ods in Aiding Officers of Law, Kitleigh, N. C., Jan. 81 .-?Asserting that he had held the position of grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan for the state of North Carolina since Septem ber, 1922, and was at present holding that office, Henry A. Grady, judge of the superior court of North Carolina Sunday night issued a statement de fending the klan and its actions and Assertihg that its principles wore those "recognized everywhere as Am erican ? those things which have given to the citizens of the United States a supremacy among men which must be cherished, protected and preserved forever." v Touching on the subject of" a possi ble conflict between the oath of his judicial office and thai of the klan, Judge Grady declared that the oath of the organization* was no secret as it had been copyrighted and placed on public records. He quoted it in full and asserted that the klan recognized only "justifiable methods" in aiding the oftlcors of the law and only those methods "strictly within" the law." With reference to his own attitude when* a member of the klan appeared before him for trial the jurist stated that "I would deal with siich a man exactly as I would & Mason or it [ Presbyterian or a Democrat; for I am a Mason, Presbyterian and a^Demo crat." He added that "it might be that I would be influenced to give him a greater degree of punishment because of the fact that as a klansman he is under a double obligation not to vio late the law . . . The Scottish Rite Masons and Shriners of North Carolina do not permit their obliga tions to conflict with their duties to the state and neither do klansmen." Judge Grady was formerly grand master of the Masonic or<!er in North Carolina. Judge Grady expressed disapproval of the wearing of the robe and helmet of the klan by members of the organi zation in public, asserting that it was the robe of the order room and not intended for use in public. He de clared that he regretted that they had ever been worn outside of klan rooms and that he was doing his utmost to prevent the practice from taking place in North Carolina. "There is no real harm in such demonstrations," h# said, "but such conduct is not dignified and is subject to perh?^>s a just criti cism." To Assist in _M ak Lug Returns. ~~J Mr. W. R. Bradley, of the income tax division of South Carolina, writes us ihat he is sending an agent to iCamden on February 18, 19 and 20, for the purpose of assisting any who de sire assistance in making income tax returns. Any further information re garding the filing of returns will be cheerfully given by the Tatf- Commis sion to any taxpayer on request. In the c5unty_seats the agents will be lo cated at the Court Houses. In the smaller towns they will be located in some bank or other central location. The agent will be at. Kershaw from February 21 to 23. Grace Church Services. The Rev. Thomas P. Noe, of York, S. C., will conduct services al Grace Church on Sunday in tho absence of the Rector. Thn Holy Communion will be at 8 a. m. and morning service at 11 a. yi. All are cordially invited to attend. F. H. Harding, Hector. Services at Baptist Church. Rev. J. S. Corpening, of Lancaster, will preach at the Camden Baptist church Sunday, January 27th, morn ing and evening services, at the regu lar hour. at the Court Inn. Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Trent, o t' Boston, are for the first season mak ing their home in Camden. They have taken one of the Cook bungalows in the pines for the winter. Mr. George E. V>ampton, of Brae Bum Golf Club is an enthusiastic golfer making his headquarters while in Camden at tho Kirk wood, where Mr. Martin J. Burke, of Marlborough, Masst, also is spending the winter. Misses Helen Wheeler and Agnes B, Fleming, of Boston, are guests at the Kirkwood. Mr a. Frank J. Martin, of Providence baa come to the Kirkwood for her usual winter visit Mr? and Mrs. Clarence Morgan gave ? dhrtfer for eight of th* jumif i set at the Kirkwood bat woek, and Mr. JamcaBvnea ntftahiod witfi a din. nor and bride* on Saturday evening. CLKMSON l'HESIOBNT DEAD. l)r. RiKRN Had (Jone 'To Washington On UuHincHH When Stricken. The body of l)r. Walter Merritt Kiggs was being borne from Wash ington to Clemson college Wednesday night. Dr. Riggs, for 27 years a part of Cleipaw and for the last 12 years its president, died suddenly at a Wash ington hotel Tuesday night. At the national capital to attend a meeting of the executive committee of the Amevicnn Association of Land Grant Colleges, he was stricken with a coughing spell, believed now to have resulted in an internal rupture. At thq time the attack was not believed to be serious and although a physic ian was called, the first announce ment from his bedside was that his indisposition would probably not ex tend over a period of a few days. A few hours later ho was dead. The body of the distinguished edu cator will reach Clemson college Thursday morning. Mrs. Riggs, sum moned by news of her husband's ill ness, arrived in Washington after his death and is returning with the body. Dr. Walter Merritt Riggs, president of Clemson agricultural college, who died suddenly Tuesday night jn Wash ington, D. C., was 51 years of age, lacking two days. He was born on January 24, TK73, at Orangeburg to Hn.rpin and Emma Julia (Gcv.'un) Higgs. After receiving his preparatory training in the grammar and high' schools of Orangeburg, ho entered Alabama Polytechnic institute, where he starred not only \n. the classroom, but also on the football field. He graduated with the class of 1893, with the degree of D. S. in electrical and mechanical engineering. The year la ter he received the degrees of E. and M. E. from his Alma Mater. During the summer of 1894 he took a course in engineering at Cornell university, Ithaca, N. Y. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the University of South Carolina during 1911. Entering the teaching profession after completing his academic trpin ing, he became instructor in ErtgHsn at Auburn, later teaching physics, electrical and^mechanical engineering as well. From 1901 to 1910 he was professor and director of the engineer ing department continuing his peda gogical duties through 1910, the year he was acting president of his Alma Mater. Called back to his native state to &SSutne the presidency of" CleMson which post he held until his death, Dr. Riggs rendered the people of his state distinguished service in the training of their youth. With the growing evidence that America would soon be drawn into the world war, Dr. Riggs threw himself into the agencies looking to the prep aration of this nation for the coming conflict* He became chairman of the South Carolina committee of the na val consulting board, 1916; member of the S. C. State Council of Defense, ^1917-19, following which ho entered the active work of aiding in the win ning of the war. As Paris representative for voca tional training of the Y. M. C. A., during the early part of 1919 he ac complished much in the work of pre paring the American soMiers for their return to the pursuits of peace. He was also field representative for voca tional training <tf the association du ring the same year and in June, 1919, he was named field organizer for vo cational education of the American Expeditionary force, army educational corps, Beaume, Cote d'Or, France. He was a fellow of the American Institute, the E. E. Society for the promotion of engineering education; the Association of American Agricul tural Colleges and Experimental Sta tions; president of the Land Grant College Engineering association, 1918 19; member of the executive board of Southern Conference for Education and Industry, 1916-17, and many other organizations. President of the South Carolina In ter-collegiate Athletic association from 1900 to the time of his death, he maintained an interest in clean, healthy athletics. In 1918 he wire elected president of the Southern In tercollegiate Athletic association, which he held until 1916. He was married to Miss Marie Lou ise Moore, of Auburn, Al?., December 27, 1897. X v . The Mississippi river was frozen over st Quiney, Illinois, last Thors ywre. SKCUKTAItY OF STATE I>KAI). \V. ltanks Dove Began His Carter Teaching School in Kershaw. Columbia, Jhm. 23.- -W. Hanks Dove, Secretary of Stale, died at his homo , here tonight at It o'clock. Mr, Dove, who hus been the Secre tary of State since 1016, was stricken suddenly last November while ascend ing the steps of his home. He was immediately rushed to n local hospital and for weeks his physicians despaired of his life. However, he rallied and was later removed to hia home, where he Was reported to bo on the road to recovery. Several days ago he suffered a re lapse. llis death tonight was not un expected. The late secretary was born at Hal- ' sullville, Fairfield county, Februury 2K, 1 the son of Richard Calvin and Nancy Elixabeth Dove, both of whom were <ff Scotch-Irish ancestry. 1 to was the eldest of six children. He was graduated from Catawba college with an A. B. degree in 1896, and re ceived the degree of M. A. from the same institution 20 years later. Ho married Miss Carrie E. Howe at Now ton, *N. C., June 20, 189.6. Mr. Dove was a well known figure in educational work in South Caroli na before he entered the political field, lie taught his first school in1 a piney woods district in Kershaw county, and earned in that way the greater part of the money with which ho ac quired his higher oduoation. He con tinued to teach and attend school al- . ternately, and as ? teacher was con nected with country schools, private schools, high schools, Colleges and city schools, being at times superintend ent of school at Reidville, Lexington and Greenville. . He was a member of the First Pres byterian church of Columbia and also a member of St. Andrew Society, flfr. Dove gave much of his time and abil ity to the promotion of various works of the city, State and nation. He was married to Miss Carrie E. Howe, daughter of ,M. J. and Camilla Rowe, at Newton, N. C.f June 26, 1896. His widow and three children survive. His daughter Marion, married Beverly M. English, of Bennettsville. One son, M. Banks Dove, Jr., is a student at the ? University of Sputh Carolina, and another son, Herbert R., is a student at Hyatt Park High School, Columbia. Mr. Dove also leaves four brothers and one sister, with a large family J connection in the two Carolinas. Automobile Wrecks, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Scales, of Greensboro, N. C., were brought to the Camden Hospital Friday night for treatment froifl bruises and injuries r when their Frqnklin sedan ran off into a railway, cut a few' miles north, of Heath Springs that night. Mr. Scales wafe quite badly injured about his legs while his wife was only slightly cut by glass. They were picked op by another car from Greensboro travel ing only a few feet behind wrecked car. The two cars and the parties- were enroute to Florida when the accident happened. They will be Retained in Camden several days. The Franklin car was almost a complete wreck. The accident happened at- an- overhead ~ crossing of the Southern railway where one man was killed and several injured sometime ago when a touring car plunged into the cut. Raymond Caldwell, a hardware .salesman, collided with a Ford car owned and driven by George Stardford Saturday afternoon nnd both cars were badly damaged. Mr. Caldwell was quite badly cut about the face and suffered injuries to his chest. The force of the collision broke the steer ing wheel of the Caldwell car and otherwise badly damaged it. Another collision occurred the same afternoon between two Ford cars ? one driven by Mr. J. B. Parker and Walter Harris. Both cars were badly dam aged, bat no one wbh injured. Miss Boyd Returns. Miss Jennie V. Boyd has returned to Camden to take up her duties in Home Demonstration work for the year 1924. After spending the Christ mas holidays in Greenville, Miss Boyd attended the annual agents' meeting at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, from JaiL.?th to' 18th. Miss Lonnie I. Lan drum, State Leader, gave to . the agents new projects and plans for the new year. Mr. 0. B. Martin and Miss Warren from Washington gave some very Interesting lectures and sugges tions. Many interesting topics were presented ?nd discussed. The meeting proved to bevsry inspirational to all